Czech PM hands in resignation, early election nears
PRAGUE (Reuters) – The Czech cabinet dominated by allies of leftist President Milos Zeman resigned on Tuesday after losing a confidence vote last week, clearing the way for early elections that could resolve a political deadlock.
Croatian farmers press protests over lost subsidies
ZAGREB (Reuters) – Croatian farmers said on Tuesday they would press protests to demand the government pay them 600 million kuna ($105.83 million) in lost subsidies, cut in a budget crunch to meet deficit targets set by the European Union.
Hungary investigates premature baby deaths at hospital
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has ordered an inquiry into the deaths of eight premature babies in five days at a hospital in the northeastern city of Miskolc.
High profile attacks on women in Afghanistan undermine rights campaign
KABUL/GHAZNI, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Taliban fighters have kidnapped a female parliamentarian who was travelling by car through Afghanistan’s central Ghazni province with her children, a local police commander said on Tuesday, the latest in a string o…
Yemeni Nobel winner says Egypt coup deadly for Arab democracy
CAIRO (Reuters) – Tawakul Karman, who shared a Nobel peace prize for her pro-democracy campaigning in Yemen, has said she views the Egyptian army’s overthrow of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi as a death knell for Arab democratic movements.
Iraq Kirkuk oil flow to Turkey halted: Iraqi officials
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A bomb attack stopped oil flows through the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline linking Iraq to Turkey early on Tuesday, Iraqi oil officials said.
Two suspected al Qaeda militants killed in Yemen drone strike
ADEN (Reuters) – At least two suspected Islamist militants were killed in a drone missile strike in Yemen’s southern Shabwa province, the latest in a surge since Washington warned of possible attacks by al Qaeda in the region.
Israel shoots down rocket targeting resort city Eilat
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel shot down a rocket aimed at its southern resort city of Eilat early on Tuesday, blowing it up in mid air near the border with Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, a military official said.
Analysis: Saudi feud too bitter for new Iran president to fix
RIYADH/DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah’s disdain for Iran leaps from U.S. embassy cables. “May God prevent us from falling victim to their evil,” he told U.S. officials, according to a cable released by WikiLeaks. According to another, h…
Russia says Syria peace talks unlikely before October
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia wants a Syria peace conference to be held as soon as possible but it is unlikely to go ahead before October because there is a busy diplomatic schedule before then, a Russian diplomat said on Tuesday.
